Local couple busted with 6 pounds of crystal meth in Iowa

DAVENPORT, Iowa — A local couple was arrested Thursday night in Iowa while reportedly possessing 6 pounds of crystal meth and 6 pounds of cannabis.

Jason D. Chaney, 30, West North Street in Galesburg, Illinois, and Taren N. Coupland, 31, South Street in Avon, Illinois, both made court appearances in Scott County Court Friday on several offenses.

Both are charged with four felony counts of controlled substance violation and two felony counts of failure to affix drug stamp.

Two of the controlled substance violations carry, if convicted, up to 25 years in prison while the other two, if convicted, carry up to five years in prison.

Chaney is also reportedly charged with serious misdemeanor interfering with official acts resulting in bodily injury.

Bond was set Friday at $100,000 cash or surety bond for Chaney and Coupland. Both will return to court Aug. 11 for preliminary hearings.

According to Scott County arrest affidavits, the Davenport Police Department's Tactical Operations Bureau and Bettendorf police executed a search warrant at 10:22 p.m. Thursday at a room in the Isle of Capri hotel, 1777 Isle Parkways Drive in Bettendorf.

The couple reportedly had 2,780.75 grams, or about 6.125 pounds, of ice, also known as crystal meth, as well as 2,832.35 grams, or about 6.2 pounds, of cannabis along with $17,797 cash. A digital scale was also recovered.

Chaney allegedly "ignored officer commands and began kicking and punching at officers" which resulted in an injury to an officer's leg, which led to the interfere charge against him.

Coupland reportedly told police she introduced Chaney to drug suppliers and the two were transferring money through various bank accounts back to the drug supplier, according to court documents.

The two are also being held on Knox County warrants issued sometime around July 25, According to the Galesburg Police Department's Facebook page, the two are charged with possession and possession with the intent to deliver a controlled substance.

Bail has already been set in those matters at $500,000, $50,000 needed to get out of jail, for Chaney and $250,000, $25,000 needed to get out of jail, for Coupland. The two would most likely remain in the Scott County jail on charges there before returning to Knox County for their cases there.

Both have also been out on bond in current Knox County drug cases. According to online court records, Coupland was charged with felony possession of meth less than 5 grams in April with a pretrial hearing set for Monday.

Chaney posted $25,000 last summer in a cocaine case. In that instance, he is charged with possessing and delivering between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine twice and possessing and delivering cocaine between 100 and 400 grams once.

All three of those allegations occurred in November 2015 and authorities provided surveillance on each of those three buys, according to court testimony last summer.